Andras Nemeth lost in a fight for purple jacket
Another Poker Masters series finished at PartyPoker. This time, all the tournaments were held exclusively in PLO format. Traditionally, the leaderboard of the best players of series was conducted, and its winner got a purple jacket.
Andras Nemeth was a top contender for the first place in the leaderboard. The Hungarian player managed to win in the three tournaments at once, including the high roller event for $25 500. After such results, it seemed that the fate of a purple jacket was determined, but Nemeth was beaten by 1 point. The Finnish poker player Eelis Pärssinen managed to be ahead of Andras.
The fan of Omaha Eelis Pärssinen showed the most stable results at Poker Masters PLO series. Over the eight game days, Eelis managed to reach ITM zone 6 times, and one of these results became the victorious one in $25 500 tournament.
He also has two second places and two third places in his arsenal, as well as one small cash in one of the events of series. In total, Eelis earned $735 000 at Poker Masters PLO. For the victory in leaderboard, he was awarded a purple jacket and free ticket to ME for $51 000.
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Isaac Haxton became the champion of main event and he earned $675 000 of prize money for the victory. This didn’t affect the overall picture of leaderboard, because Haxton didn’t enter its top ten.
Here you can watch a replay of ME:
Top 5 of Poker Masters PLO Leaderboard
| Place | Player | Total winning | Points | Quantity of ITM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eelis Pärssinen | $735 000 | 625 | 6 |
| 2 | Andras Nemeth | $674 000 | 624 | 4 |
| 3 | Jens Kyllönen | $612 000 | 612 | 3 |
| 4 | Gavin Cochrane | $754 000 | 549 | 5 |
| 5 | Aku Joentausta | $507 000 | 452 | 6 |
